Register.



J. P. LYNCH.

REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 001?. 31, 1911.

Patented Ju1y16, 1912.

- INVENTDR I Losaaae.

JOHN F. LYNCH, 0F NIAGARA FALLS, 'NEW YORK.

REGISTER.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. LYNCH, xf

citizen of the United States, residing at Niagara Falls, in the countyof Niagara and State of New York, have invented new and usefullmprovements in Registers, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to a register or counting machine which is moreparticularly designed for use by bankers for counting batches, bundlesor piles of paper moneyybills, notes or other papers or documents,although the same may also be used for other purposes.

ln the banking business it is often necessary to count money or otherdocument-s in batches or bunches for convenience in handling the sameand the present machine is designed topermit of keeping traekof thenumber' of such batches or bundles without necessitating the employmentof` a pencil for this purpose or doing this work mentally.

yIt is the object of this invent-ion to provide a simple, eliicient'andcompact machine for this purpose which may be placed.

on the desk of a banker or other user where the, saine is convenientlyaccessible when required and which can be readily returned to zero orthe place where the counting begins after a series of batches of papershave been counted preparatory to counting another series.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of aregister embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection of the lsame taken in line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa verticaltransverse section taken in line 3 3, Fig. 2, and looking rearwardly.Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section in line 4-4, looking forwardly.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts'throughoutthe several views.

The body or frame of theregister preferably comprises a horizont-al base1 which is adapted to rest upon a desk or other support, and an uprightstandard 2 rising from the rear end of the base. The latter ispreferably made hollow by providing its underside with a longitudinalchamber or groove 3 and the standard is also made hollow by providingthe same with an upright chamber 4 which communicates at its lower endwith the rear end of the base chamber. The standard preferably comprisesan upof the shaft in frontof the dial.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 16, 1912.

'j Application filed October 31, 1911.` Serial No. 657,773.l l I rightfront wall 5, a side rim 6 projecting .rearwardly from the margin of thefront wall, and anv upright rear wall 7 which is detachably connectedwith the rear edge of the rim by screws 8 or other suitable means.

9 represents an upright partition which. 1s arranged transversely withinthe coinpartrnenttof the standard and detachably connected at its lowerend with the adjace-nt part of the base by means of screws 10, as shownin Fig. 4, or by any other suitable means. v11 represents a horizontallongitudinal dial shaft or arbor extending through an opening in theupper part of the partition and journaled at its front end within abearing 12 formed centrally on the frontwall of the standard'while itsrear end is journaled in a bearing 18 formed centrally on the rear wallof the same.

4ln the space between the front wall'and the partition is arranged acircular dial or ...disk 14 which is mounted on the shaft so as to turntherewith, the connection between these parts for this purpose beingpreferably effected by making the adjacent part of the shaft square, asvshown at 15 in Fig. 2, and engaging the same with a correspondinglyshaped opening at the center of the dial. 4The Alatter is held out ofcontact with the front side of the partition by means of a washer 16mounted on the square part of the shaft and interposed between the rearside of the dial and the front side of the partition and engaging withva forwardly facing shoulder on the adjacent part of the shaft, as shownin Fig. 2. The dial'is confinedon the square part of the shaft andheldout of contact with the rear side of the front wall by means of a pin 17passing through the square part- On its front side the dial is providedwith an annular row of numbers which are preferably arranged equidistantand are visible successively through a sight opening 18 formed in theupper part of the front wall.

intermittent forj with the shaft and dial and mounted on the shaftimmediately in rear of the partition. represents an upright actuatingpawl arranged in the hollow standard and provided at its upper end witha tooth 21 which engages with the teeth of the operating ratchet wheel.22 represents a horizontal actuating rock lever which is arrangedlengthwise within the hollow base and pivotally mounted thereon forvert-ical osl 24 arranged on the lower forked end of the actuating pawland passing loosely through an opening at the rear end of the rocklever.

At its front end the actuating rock lever is connected with a plungerwhereby the same is depressed for elevating its rear end and causing theactuating pawl to turn the operating ratchet wheel and the partsconnected therewith forwardly. This plunger preferably comprises anupright shifting rod 25 guided in a vertical way 26 in the top of thebase and pivotally connected at its lower end with the front arm of theactuating rock lever, and an operating push button or finger piece 27secured to the upper end of the shifting rod above the top of the base.This plunger is yieldingly held in its elevated position and theactuating pawl is held in its lower position by mea-ns of a coil spring28 surrounding the upper part of the shifting rod within a pocket 29 onthe underside of the push button and bearing at its lower end againstthe upper end of the guideway 26 while its upper end bears against thetop of the pocket in the push button. Upon depressing the operating pushbutton the actuating pawl is' raised and turns the operating ratchetwheel the extent of one tooth which corresponds to the distance of onenumber on the face of the dial and upon releasing the push button thespring 28 moves these parts to their normal posit-ion preparatory totunning the dial the next step.

For the ypurpose of preventing the dial and the parts connectedtherewith from moving backwardly accidentally a detent device isprovided which preferably comprises a detent pawl 230 pivoted at itsupper end on the rear side of the partition so as to swing transverselyof the machine and provided with a tooth 30 which engages with the teethof the operating ratchet wheel sub- Yt-antially diametrically oppositethe tooth if the actuating pawl. The detent and acturosaeee ating pawlsare yieldingly held in engagement. with the teeth of the operatingratchet wheel preferably by means of a spring 3l which is common to bothof these pawls and which connects the lower end of the detent pawl withthe central part of the actuating pawl, as best shown in Fig. 3.

Upon releasing the actuating and detent pawls from the operating ratchetwheel, the dial and the parts connected therewith may be turnedbackwardly for beginning a new count. This backward rot-ation of thedia-l is preferably effected automatically the instant the actuating anddetent pawls are disengaged from the operating ratchet wheel byemploying a' tension device which is wound up or strained during the actof turning the dial forwardly and the resilience of which operates toturn the dialbackwardly when the latter is free from the actuating anddetent pawls. The preferred means for this purpose comprises a volutereturn spring 32 arranged in the lrear part of the chamber of thestandard and connected at its outer end by means of a pin 83 to the rearside of the partition while its inner end is connected with a collar 34which is secured to the rear part of the shaft, as shown in Figs. 2 and4. As the dial is turned forwardly the return spring 32 is wound up andstrained and when the dial is freed from the actuating and detent pawlsthe resilience of this spring turns the dial backwardly.

Various means may be provided for releasing the actuating and detentpawls from the operating ratchetwheel, those shown in the dra-wingsbeing suitable and constructed as follows: 35 represents a releasinglever preferably of elbow form and pivoted by means of a pin 36 on therear side of the partition so as to be capable of swinging transverselyand having its upper arm projecting inwardly underneath the cent-ralpart of the top of the standard rim while its lower arm is connectedwith the upper end of the actuating pawl by means of a link 37. Thisreleasing lever is arranged on that side of the feed ratchet wheelopposite to the detent pawl. At its upper end the detent pawl isprovided with a releasing tail 38 which is arranged at an angle theretoand projects inwardly underneath the central part of the top of thestandard rim adjacent to the upper arm of the releasing lever. This tailand the adjacent arm of the releasing lever are adapted to be depressedsimultaneously by means of a releasing plunger which preferablycomprises an upright shifting rod 39 guided in a vertical way 40 in thetop of the standard, a presser head or plate 40 arranged -on the lowerend of the shifting rod and engaging with the upper side of the tail onthe detent pawl and the. upper arm of the releasing lever,

and a releasing push :button 41 secured to depressing the releasingplunger the actuating and detent pawls are simultaneously disengagedfrom kthe operating ratchet wheel, thereby permitting the return springto turn the dial backwardly. The releasing plunger is yieldingly held inits elevated pawl effects the first part of its upwardv bearing at itsinoperative,position by means of a spring 42 surrounding the shiftingrod 39- and end of the guide 40 while Aits upper end bears against theunderside of the releasing push button.

In the absence of any provision to prevent it the dial would be liableto turn more than one step at a time when the feed push button isdepressed with a quick movement and thereby presentthe numbers on thedial improperly at the sight opening and destroy the correctness of thecount. such excessive movement of the dial a stop device is providedwhich resembles sqmewhat the escapement of a clock and which isconstructed as follows: 43` represents an escapement or stop ratchet adisk arranged upon the shaft between the operating ratchet wheel and thehub of the return spring and provided with an annular row of stop teeth-44 each of which has an abrupt front side and an inclined rear side. Onthe central part of the actuating pawl isarranged a rearwardlyprojecting stop pin 45 which is adapted to engage with the teeth of thestop disk. The teeth of the latter correspond to the numbers .on thedial and are spaced in harmony therewith. -ln the lower position of t-heactuating pawl its stop pin 45 is arranged below the path of the teethof the stop disk and this stop pin is still below the path of theseteeth while the actuating movement and turns the operating ratchet wheeland the dial and stop ratchet disk connected therewith part of a step.During the last portion of the upward or operative stroke of theactuating pawl its stop pin is moved .into the path of the nextfollowing tooth of the stop disk and is engaged by the abrupt side ofthe same so that the forward movement of the dial and the partsconnected therewith is arrested when the actu ating pawl reaches theupper end of its movement. During *the subsequent downward movement ofthe actuating pawl its stop pin clears the path of the tooth by wer endagainst the upper.

To prevent counting operationk of the machine is insured. v 4

The forward movement of the dial and the parts associated therewith isarrested when the last number on the dial has been presented to thesight opening'and its backward movement is also arrested when the samepresents zero o-r naught to t-he sight opening. The preferred means foraccomplishing this purpose which are shown in the drawings consist of astop arm 46,pro jecting laterally from the stop disk and adapted toengage on one of its sides with a stationary stop 47 forarresting theforward movement of the disk and on its opposite side with a stationarystop 48 for arresting the backward movement of the dial, said stopsbeing constructed in the form of pins which are arranged on the rearside of the partition, as shown in Fig. 4.

By employing the partition within the body of the machine it permits ofmore con-4 veniently assembling the parts of the machine inasmuch as thedial and adjacent parts can all be mounted on this partition and thenheld in place within the body by securing the partition thereto,'therebyfacilitating the manufacture of the machine and reducing the costthereof as well as rendering it more convenientl in case therpartsrequire repairing, inspecting or adjustment.

Any suitable means may be provided for causing the operating ratchetwheel, the stop ratchet disk and the hub of the return spring to turnwith the dial shaft, the means for this purpose shown Iin the drawingsconsisting of a set screw 49 which secures the spring hub to the dialshaft and a longitudinal pin 50 which connects said hub, the

Istop disk and the ratchet wheel, as shown in Fig. 2. V

When a banker desires to count a lot of money, say in piles orquantities of t one hundred dollars in each pile, he pushes down theoperating button every time he counts out one hundred dollars until hehas counted lthe entire lot of money. After thus counting the money, theoperator simply depresses the releasing button, whereby the machineisrestored to zero, ready for the next count.

As shownv in the drawings, the dial is provided with ten numbers and themechanism turning the same isiconstructed accordingly. If desired,however, the size of the dial may be varied and the amount of numbersmay be varied to suit the articular business for which the machineis tobe used.

'I claim as my invention:

1. A register comprising abody having a hollow base and a hollowstandard rising from thebase and having a sight opening in its frontwall, a partition arranged within the standard, a horizontal shaft jour-.naled in bearings on said standard and eX- tending through saidpartition, a dial mounted on said shaft between said partition and thefront wall of, the standard and having numerals visible through saidsight opening, means for operating said dial and shaft comprising aratchet wheel mounted on the shaft, an actuating pawl engaging with theratchet wheel, `and an operating plunger mounted on the hase andoperatively connected with the actuating pawl, a detent pawl pivoted onthe partition and engaging with the ratchet wheel and provided with atail, a releasing lever pivoted on the partition, a link connecting thelower arm of the releasing lever with said actuating pawl, and areleasing plunger movably mounted on the standard and adapted to engagewith the tail of the detent pawl and the upper arm of the releasinglever for disengaging said pawls from said ratchet wheel.

tending through said partition, a dial on the shaft, an actuating pawlengaging f with the ratchet wheel, and an operating plunger mounted onthe hase and operatively connected with the actuating pawl, a detentpawl pivoted on the partition and engaging with the ratchet wheel andpro- `vided with a tail, a releasing lever pivoted on the partition, alink Connecting the lower arm of the releasing lever with said actuatingpawl, a releasing plunger movably mounted on the standard and adapted toengage with the tail of the detent pawl and the upper arm of thereleasing lever for disengaging said paWls from said ratchet wheel and aspring connected with said shaft so as to he strained when the shaft anddial are turned forward by the actuatingpawl.

`Witness my hand this 28th day of Goto her, 1911. i

JOHN l?. LYNCH. `Witnessesz THEO. L Port, ANNAEIGIs.

